Новости за 12.08.2015

Sen. Deb Fischer said Wednesday she believes strict new carbon emission standards at power plants would burden Nebraska families with extra costs while not impacting global climate change.

An innovative program to educate youth about the natural environment has taken hold in the middle of the NamibRand Nature Reserve, surrounded by oryx and herds of zebra.

Neapco Components celebrated the expansion of its Beatrice operations with a ceremony.

The University of Nebraska State Museum’s August Sunday With a Scientist program will showcase quarter-scale tractors and the science behind them.

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Lincoln marketing and communications company Firespring is continuing its buying spree.

A picture of Superman looking down on the Nebraska Capitol during a flood hangs on the wall in the lobby of the city’s Department of Urban Development.

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With major changes on both sides of the ball, virtually every minute of Nebraska's preseason camp is important. Hence the clear feeling of urgency, Steven M. Sipple writes.

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a member of the donor class in the new universe of American politics?

Democratic Party leadership supports the killing and dismembering of babies and the sale of their body parts. Then they say those opposed to such evil have lost their moral compass (“Senate bl…

As a former president of the Lincoln Libraries board of trustees, I enthusiastically endorse the proposal to move the Bennett Martin branch of the library to the Pershing Auditorium site ("Lib…

Redshirt freshman running back Mikale Wilbon was offensive scout-team MVP last season.

The track is being prepped and the thoroughbreds trained in anticipation of Lincoln’s race day.

Two weeks before the Lincoln Board of Education is scheduled to vote on a proposed $386 million budget for the 2015-16 school year, supporters and opponents of a plan to set aside $10 million …

With Lincoln Public Schools students returning to classes on Wednesday, Lincoln police are reminding drivers and pedestrians to use extra caution.

Mayor Chris Beutler is reallocating city keno revenue and tax increment financing dollars to help pay for the protected bikeway on N Street and improvements at Woods Tennis Center.

The city-county Public Building Commission on Tuesday approved its budget for next year that calls for an 8.6 percent increase in operating costs, mainly due to the commission adding responsib…

Carlos Castillo, who managed former Gov. Dave Heineman's breakthrough 2006 gubernatorial election victory, will be state chairman of Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio's Nebraska campaign.

Director Scott Frakes announced the appointment of senior staff for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Tuesday, including two deputy directors, a chief of psychiatry and warden o…

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